Quality control remains one of the highest-impact areas where manufacturing data can drive measurable improvement. IIoT World explores how manufacturers can move beyond reactive inspection toward proactive, data-driven quality programs that reduce scrap, rework, and warranty…
Every industry encounters risks in managing its manufacturing environment. These risks can impact cost efficiency and undermine competitiveness. Here are some of the risks associated with legacy management solutions such as ERP and MES. 1. Budget…
While no tool lasts forever, there are many factors affecting tool life. Here are a few methods to reduce tool wear and tear and to increase tool life. How to improve tool life 1. Use Appropriate…
Mayville Engineering Company (MEC) is a leading U.S.-based contract manufacturer that provides a broad range of prototyping and tooling, production fabrication, coating, assembly and aftermarket services, with a total of 20 facilities across seven states. MEC’s…
IIoT initiatives can be major projects involving millions in custom development and integrations, years of work, and collaboration across all levels and departments of an organization. However, the result of such an approach is often a…
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) announcement about Covid – 19 reaching pandemic levels triggered responses across the industrial world. In industrial manufacturing, shop floor activity hit its lowest levels since the Second World War and in…
To fully understand what Industrial IoT can do for operational efficiency, one must take a holistic view of its benefits. As previously discussed, Industrial IoT involves the connectivity of all aspects of a factory’s assets. This…
The last two and a half centuries have brought about stunning changes in industrial productivity. With each passing generation, new and more advanced equipment and methodologies have arrived on scene to push production capabilities to new…
The Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) space is hot right now, as manufacturing represents perhaps the largest greenfield opportunity left for digitization. Yet, IoT platform implementations have historically had a high rate of failure within this…
With the arrival of the Industrial Internet of Things, manufacturers are finding themselves at the forefront of fast-moving, disruptive and revolutionary change. Among other things, this change is quickly introducing components for the creation of a…
While buzzwords such as predictive maintenance, artificial intelligence, digital twin and augmented reality have promised to enable the fabled digital transformation of manufacturing, when it comes to Industry 4.0, most practical applications start and end with…
With global spending on IIoT expected to reach $745 billion in 2019, industries continue to gear up for Industry 4.0. According to International Data Group (IDC), that number represents an increase of over 15% from 2018, and double-digit…